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- Jay collaborated with "Alice und Bob" to discuss how to pick validators for nominating.
- Staking can be overwhelming, and the "Target" page was difficult to understand initially.
- Jay's video breaks down the process with his usual Canadian charm.
- The video is available at [this link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51L0Q8n76fI).
- Polkachu appreciates Jay's work and wishes there were explainer videos like this when they first started.

This is a Tip post. It can only be edited by the proposer of the post .

For YouTube video on How to Pick Validators to Nominate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51L0Q8n76fI

Site explaining how Sequential Phragmén voting work https://playing-with-dust.github.io/phragviz/

### Certhum's Public Dashboards

- **Purpose**: Certhum provides public dashboards showing resource usage of their validator nodes on Kusama and Polkadot.
- **Benefits**: These dashboards help other validators compare their performance, especially after updates or to gauge resource usage.
- **Community Impact**: Certhum aims to benefit the community by offering this reference tool, as stated in their public release notes.
- **Additional Information**: Certhum has added more details like machine specifications, CLI flags, polkadot binary version, and the context of INACTIVE/ACTIVE status.
- **Usefulness**: These additions make the dashboards more effective as performance reference tools.

Public dashboards of CertHum's validators resource usage

For public dashboards of server resource usage at https://stats.certhum.com/

### Polkadot and Kusama Thousand Validator Dashboard

- **Purpose**: Helps track the performance of validators in the Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- **Features**: Shows information like queued keys, next session keys, current performance, and node version.
- **Access**: Available on [Polkachu's website](https://polkachu.com/kusama/thousand_validators).
- **Networks**: Supports both Polkadot and Kusama.
- **Program**: Part of the Thousand Validators Program by Web3 Foundation (w3f).
- **Use**: Useful for monitoring validator performance and key information.

For Polkadot and Kusama Thousand Validator Dashboard

### Summary of Paradox's YouTube Video

1. **High-Quality Content**: Paradox's videos are always educational and well-made.
2. **Polkadot Network Update**: An update caused Ledger Live to stop working, leaving users unable to access their accounts.
3. **Funds Safety**: Users' funds are safe on the relay chain, even if Ledger Live isn't working.
4. **Alternative Access**: Users can still access their accounts using Polkadot.JS/apps.
5. **Demo**: The video shows how to view reward history using subscan.io and access accounts on Polkadot.JS/apps.
6. **New Staking Requirement**: The minimum for DOT staking is now 40 bonded DOT.
7. **Reward Issues**: Other reasons for not receiving rewards are explained, like payout issues or being oversubscribed.

**Link to Video**: [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqE1DNjt-CQ)

For YouTube video on Ledger Live and Polkadot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqE1DNjt-CQ	

### Karura Trading UI and Strategy Walkthrough

1. **Introduction**: A 30-minute video explaining Karura's trading interface and strategies.
2. **Agenda**: Outlines the topics covered in the video.
3. **Karura UI**: Overview of the user interface.
4. **Swap**: How to swap tokens on Karura.
5. **Liquidity Pools**: Explanation of liquidity pools.
6. **Trading Strategies**: Six strategies discussed, including HODL, trading, and strategies for different market conditions.
7. **Incentives**: Details on Karura's incentive programs.
8. **Conclusion**: Final thoughts and a call to stake with the presenter.

A 30-minute walkthrough of Karura trading UI and strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqR2oJdDg4U

For video tutorial in Spanish: Creating an account on Kusama and restoring the account using Polkadot.js Apps

Polkadot Web Wallet Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj2eDGvCKvg&t

Full guide to Polkadot-JS (Parachains): https://github.com/anaelleltd/polkadotjs-apps-guide/blob/main/2.3.Network.pdf

Full guide to Polkadot-JS (Accounts): https://github.com/anaelleltd/polkadotjs-apps-guide/blob/main/1.Accounts%20(Basic).pdf

Youtube Channel KryptosChain - Mostly updates on Kusama and Polkadot : https://www.youtube.com/c/kryptoschain

Ways to participate in Crowdloans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwX0KGst9sM&t

Platforms supporting parachain auctions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LU3HVqBgW4&t

### Alice und Bob YouTube Video Summary

1. **Intro**: The video starts with an introduction.
2. **Bifrost and Khala**: The video discusses Bifrost and Khala competing for the 4th parachain slot.
3. **Mental Framework**: Explains the mental framework for understanding the competition.
4. **Target**: The goal is to outperform staking.
5. **Break Even Ratio**: Discusses the break-even ratio and how to calculate it.
6. **Market Cap Estimation**: Estimates the market caps of the parachains.
7. **Profits**: Talks about realizing profits and the potential for alpha with parachain tokens.
8. **Call to Action**: Encourages viewers to stake with them.

For Youtube vide: Calculating Crowdloan Reward Profit Targets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BwXI5sZExo

- ParaNodes developed a tool to query session keys for any stash address.
- This tool helps validators when they switch session keys.
- The tool is available at [paranodes.io/SessionKeys](https://paranodes.io/SessionKeys).
- The source code for the backend is on GitHub: [SessionKeys.ts](https://github.com/paradox-tt/ParaNodes/blob/master/ChainScraper/SessionKeys.ts).
- The front-end code is also on GitHub: [SessionKeys.cshtml](https://github.com/paradox-tt/ParaNodes/blob/master/PortalCore/Pages/SessionKeys.cshtml) and [SessionKeys.cshtml.cs](https://github.com/paradox-tt/ParaNodes/blob/master/PortalCore/Pages/SessionKeys.cshtml.cs).
- The source code is open-source.

Session key finder for any stash address: https://paranodes.io/SessionKeys

Thai translation, subtitles for Kusama: It's Time we Build our Answers (Youtube) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Jhp2iYbWA

Session key finder for any stash address: https://paranodes.io/SessionKeys	

Lauro Gripa is a Polkadot ambassador who is very active in the community. He is also a member of the Kappa Sigma Mu Society on Kusama and helps with their website.

Lauro started a series of sessions for the Portuguese-speaking community. Each session has different guests who talk about Polkadot and Kusama, their architecture, and other important topics.

Here are some of the videos:
- [Everything about the Ecosystem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-F6mdUMKvk)
- [Analysis on Polkadot and Kusama networks and its architecture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCPnOZCwt_w)
- [Analysis of parachain auctions on Kusama and Polkadot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dP0NqbYMJo)

These videos have helped many people in the Portuguese-speaking community learn more about Polkadot and Kusama.

For a series of videos discussing the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem for Portuguese-speaking community

- **Vegas_Life** is active in answering questions and helping the community in Polkadot and Kusama channels.
- He moderates discussions and gathers information on staking issues in Polkadot.
- His work is evident in the [Polkadot Direction channel](https://matrix.to/#/!OwgojQyBzTlUQGGLhq:matrix.parity.io?via=matrix.parity.io&via=matrix.org&via=corepaper.org).
- He educates, supports, and moderates complex discussions.
- The Council should regularly reward and appreciate his efforts.

To Vegas_Life, For community support and moderation

### Summary of the Video

1. **Introduction**: The video discusses the competition for the 4th parachain slot.
2. **Winners So Far**: Karura, Moonriver, and Shiden have already secured slots.
3. **Contenders Overview**: Eight contenders are highlighted.
4. **Khala**: Focuses on confidential compute cloud.
5. **Bifrost**: Offers liquid staking.
6. **PolkaSmith**: A production hub for DeFi and NFT apps.
7. **Altair**: Tokenizes real-world assets.
8. **Crust**: Provides decentralized cloud services.

For a complete rundown of Slot 4 crowdload contenders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhhvPzXZVRw	

For series of training articles explaining Docker, k8s and running Polkadot and Kusama validator.

Kusama's Infographic with Technical Information (Portuguese) https://i.ibb.co/gDMmGPD/infografico-Kusama.png

For a video tutorial on setting up Monitoring tools for Substrate validators in k8s.

To Polkadot Ambassadors, for virtual meetup on Kusama Auctions for Spanish speaking Polkadot Community

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